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Clinical microbiology of coryneform bacteria.

Clinical microbiology reviews ·Vol. 10 ·No. 1 ·1997-01-00 ·Pages 125-59

Funke G, von Graevenitz A, Clarridge JE, Bernard KA

Abstract

Coryneform bacteria are aerobically growing, asporogenous, non-partially-acid-fast, gram-positive rods of irregular morphology. Within the last few years, there has been a massive increase in the number of publications related to all aspects of their clinical microbiology. Clinical microbiologists are often confronted with making identifications within this heterogeneous group as well as with considerations of the clinical significance of such isolates. This review provides comprehensive information on the identification of coryneform bacteria and outlines recent changes in taxonomy. The following genera are covered: Corynebacterium, Turicella, Arthrobacter, Brevibacterium, Dermabacter. Propionibacterium, Rothia, Exiguobacterium, Oerskovia, Cellulomonas, Sanguibacter, Microbacterium, Aureobacterium, "Corynebacterium aquaticum," Arcanobacterium, and Actinomyces. Case reports claiming disease associations of coryneform bacteria are critically reviewed. Minimal microbiological requirements for publications on disease associations of coryneform bacteria are proposed.

MeSH Terms
Aerobiosis Bacteriological Techniques Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S./standards Corynebacterium/classification,drug effects,isolation & purification Corynebacterium Infections/classification,etiology Humans Microbial Sensitivity Tests United States
Authors & Affiliations
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Funke G
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zürich, Switzerland. funke@immv.unizh.ch
von Graevenitz A
Clarridge J E
Bernard K A
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Article Info
Journal
Clinical microbiology reviews
Abbr.
Clin Microbiol Rev
ISSN
0893-8512
Published
1997-01-00
Pages
125-59
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
8807282
PMCID
PMC172946
Subset
IM
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